- By Namrata Vijay
- Sat, 18 Oct 2025 06:45 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
IND vs AUS: India will lock horns with Australia for a three-match ODI series from Sunday. The visitors will be playing this series under the leadership of Shubman Gill, as he has replaced Rohit Sharma as India's ODI captain. In this series, skipper Gill is on the verge of breaking a lot of records and might also displace Pakistan's Babar Azam.
Gill eyes a huge record as India captain set to displace Babar
The upcoming series will allow Gill to surpass some of the best batters of this format. If he does score 225 runs, then he will become the fastest batter to score 3000 runs in the 50-over format. He has scored 2775 runs after playing in 55 matches, and he can achieve this milestone after this series ends.
The legendary South African batter is at the top position of this list as he has scored 3000 runs after playing in 57 matches. And if Gill can achieve this milestone, then he will displace Babar Azam, who is lying at the fifth position in this list.
Quickest to 3,000 ODI runs
Player | Nation | Innings |
Hashim Amla | South Africa | 57 |
Shai Hope | West Indies | 67 |
Fakhar Zaman | Pakistan | 67 |
Imam-ul-Haq | Pakistan | 67 |
Babar Azam | Pakistan | 68 |
South Africa's Hashim Amla is in the first position in this list, and West Indies' Shai Hope has occupied the second position. Three Pakistan players are lying in the third, fourth, and fifth positions, and if Gill can break this record, then he will displace Babar.
Not a single Indian batter is a part of this list, as Shikhar Dhawan had scored 3000 ODI runs after playing in 72 matches, and Virat Kohli did so in 75 innings.
Gill's stellar ODI career so far
After playing in 55 ODI matches, the new skipper has proved his worth and was also a part of the Champions Trophy-winning team. At the same time, his stats in this format are quite brilliant as he inches closer to the 3000-run mark.
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He has scored 2775 runs at a staggering average of 59.04, which includes 8 tons. He does have an opportunity to improve his stats in this series.